I had a reel of the pure 17 replaced bc the string would keep snapping during stringing. If I'm lucky to finish the string job, the string would break if hit anywhere near the grommets. The replacement reel wasn't any better. The only usable solution for me is to string it in the cross at low 40's. Reading the reviews, the original doesn't have this issue.

Yeap, original as in Poly Plasma. He was saying that the Plasma Pure was bad at premature breakage, but for a long time SPPP was known to have the same problem. That's why I said I was surprised it was still happening with Plasma Pure.